Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 3873 (Seán Ó Duibhir an Ghleanna)

Type
Song
Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Seán Ó Duibhir an Ghleanna / Seán Ó Duibhir a' Ghleanna / Sean O Duibhir an Gleanna / Sean ua Duibhir an Gleanna / John O'Dwyer of the Glen / John Dwyer of the Glen (also as air, included here) (compare as set dance #982; compare Gentle Philip Fahy #2929)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here are all recordings of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
194917#1[SE 6] Séamus Ennis. The Return from Fingal. Séamus Ennis (pipes, vocals).View album details
~19982.7#1[ESL 1] various. An Evening in Sliabh Luachra. Volume One. A Collection of Traditional Music and Song from the Sliabh Luachra Area. View album details

Bibliography

Here are transcriptions of this song – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order.

As tune #35 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #36 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #32 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #33 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #69 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #87 in volume 2 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903
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